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World hunger is still not going down after three years and obesity is still growing – UN report
15 July 2019
15 July 2019
An estimated 820 million people did not have enough to eat in 2018, up from 811 million in the previous year. This underscores the immense challenge of achieving Zero Hunger by 2030, says a new edition of the annual The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report...
More scientific research is needed to ensure policies that enable access to healthy diets for all
10 June 2019
10 June 2019
The FAO chief's remarks came on the first day of the Future of Food international symposium, which included a roundtable with representatives of academia, and also the signing by FAO of partnership agreements with seven universities and research institutions.
FAO and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition to scale up joint efforts targeting healthy diets
08 April 2019
08 April 2019
FAO and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) have agreed to join forces to increase the availability and affordability of nutritious food for all in developing countries.
Global Report on Food Crises: acute hunger still affecting over 100 million people worldwide
02 April 2019
02 April 2019
113 million people in 53 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity in the world's most severe food crises in 2018.
A report presented today jointly by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the UN World Food Programme (WFP) finds that around 113 million people...
Chefs are key ingredient in promoting sustainable food systems for healthy and culturally diversified diets
22 March 2019
22 March 2019
Chefs are agents of change in the fight against hunger and malnutrition, and play an important role in inspiring people around the world to support sustainable food production, adopt healthy diets and avoid food waste.